fabulously

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/ˈfæb.jʊ.ləs.li/US/ˈfæb.jʊ.lɪs.li/

adverb

In a fashionable or glamorous manner.

“That girl is fabulously beautiful.”

UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

adverbfabulously (comparative more fabulously, superlative most fabulously)

comparative more fabulously · superlative most fabulously

  1. In a fabulous manner.
    1. In a fashionable or glamorous manner.

      That girl is fabulously beautiful.

      Synonyms: fantastically, incredibly, fashionably, glamorously

    2. In an apocryphal or mythical manner; in fables.

      Near-synonyms: mythically, legendarily, parabolically, apocryphally

      1 more example

      Burying its head in the sand is fabulously attributed to the ostrich.

      Synonyms: fantastically, incredibly, mythically, legendarily, parabolically, apocryphally

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a fashionable or glamorous manner.

adverbIn an apocryphal or mythical manner; in fables.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbexceedingly; extremely

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfābulōsus
  2. Middle Englishfabulous
  3. Englishfabulous
  4. Englishfabulously

From fabulous + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan fabulosament
  • fabulosamentin a fabulous manner
Danish fabelagtig
  • fabelagtigin a fabulous manner
Finnish satumaisesti, tarumaisesti
  • satumaisestiin a fabulous manner
  • tarumaisestiin a fabulous manner
French fabuleusement
  • fabuleusementin a fabulous manner
German märchenhaft
  • märchenhaftin a fabulous manner
Italian favolosamente, fantasticamente
  • favolosamentein a fabulous manner
  • fantasticamentein a fabulous manner
Latvian pasakaini
  • pasakainiin a fabulous manner
Polish bajecznie, bajkowo
  • bajeczniein a fabulous manner
  • bajkowoin a fabulous manner
  • baśniowoin a fabulous manner
Portuguese fabulosamente
  • fabulosamentein a fabulous manner
Russian басносло́вно, потряса́юще
  • басносло́вно (basnoslóvno)in a fabulous manner
  • потряса́юще (potrjasájušče)in a fabulous manner
  • фантасти́чески (fantastíčeski)in a fabulous manner
Spanish fabulosamente, estupendamente
  • fabulosamentein a fabulous manner
  • estupendamentein a fabulous manner
Swedish fabulöst
  • fabulöstin a fabulous manner
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Chicago

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